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Castro Street (film)

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Castro Street
Directed byBruce Baillie
Produced byBruce Baillie
Distributed byCanyon Cinema
Release date
  • 1966 (1966)
Running time
10 minutes
CountryUnited States

Castro Street (1966) is a visual nonstory documentary film directed by Bruce Baillie.[1][2]

Summary

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Inspired by Satie,[3] the film uses the sounds and sights of a city street—in this case, Castro Street near the Standard Oil Refinery in Richmond, California, complete with diesel trains and gas plants[4]—to convey the street's own mood and feel as there is no dialogue in this non-narrative experimental film.

Legacy

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In 1992, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[5] The Academy Film Archive preserved Castro Street in 2000.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Renegades: American Avant-Garde Film, 1960-1973-Walker Art Center on YouTube". YouTube. 10 September 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved Apr 11, 2020.
  2. ^ "The Renegades: American Avant-Garde Film, 1960–1973". walkerart.org. Retrieved Apr 11, 2020.
  3. ^ "Castro Street". Retrieved Apr 11, 2020 – via mubi.com.
  4. ^ "The Films of Bruce Baillie - by Michael E. Grost". mikegrost.com. Retrieved Apr 11, 2020.
  5. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  6. ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
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